[ Men Shouting, Distant ]
[ Shouting, Indistinct ] [ Man ] Don't leave us down here!
We'll drown like rats! [ Man #2 ] Shut up or I'll toss you overboard!
You stay chained! We're never gonna make it to Sparta.
We'll make it. [ Chuckles ]
You murdered a man. You will stand trial for that. You are a fool!
The seas are filled with pirates.
If the storm doesn't kill us, they will. We'll see.
[ All Shouting, Indistinct ]
So much for pirates. [ Thunderclap ]
[ Prisoner ] Hercules!
Unchain me! We're gonna capsize!
- Just hold on! Whoa! - [ Men Yelling ]
If the boat sinks, I'm gonna go down with it! We'll all go down.
You won't. You're not chained to it. Cut me loose.
[ Thunderclap ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Prisoner ] We're going down! Every man for himself!
[ All Screaming ]
[ Waves Crashing ]
[ Grunts ] [ Object Creaking ]
[ Gasping ]
[ Grunts, Gasps ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Grunts, Gasps ]
[ Grunting ]
[ Sighs ]
Thanks for saving me.
[ Man Narrating ] This is the story of a time long ago,
a time of myth and legend,
when the ancient gods were petty and cruel,
and they plagued mankind with suffering.
Only one man dared to challenge their power--
Hercules.
Hercules possessed a strength the world had never seen,
a strength surpassed only by the power of his heart.
He journeyed the earth, battling the minions of his wicked stepmother, Hera,
the all-powerful queen of the gods.
But wherever there was evil,
wherever an innocent would suffer,
there would be... Hercules.
- [ Screeching ] - [ Roaring ]
Hail!
[ Grunts Softly ]
[ Groans ]
[ Panting ]
"Thanks for saving me."
[ Grunting ]
[ Panting ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Groans ]
[ Wood Cracking ]
Don't worry. It's just a tree stump.
But you're wise to be careful.
- Now I figure we're even. - How do you figure that?
You saved my life on the boat, and I didn't kill you on the beach.
- I suppose I should thank you. - If I wanted you dead, you wouldn't be here.
Well, I'm here now.
Like I said: We're even.
But if you keep on comin' after me, I will kill you.
[ Grunting ]
[ Gasping ]
I'm warning you: Don't follow me.
[ Sniffs ]
[ Spits ]
[ Animals Chittering, Squawking, Distant ]
[ Chittering Continues ]
[ Chittering ]
[ Rodent Chirps ]
[ Rodent Slurps, Growls ] [ Water Splashes ]
[ Pirate ] Think anyone made it off the prison ship?
[ Pirate #2 ] Spread out! Look for survivors!
[ Pirate #3 ] Let's go. Search the beach. Maybe the gold washed ashore.
Tracks. Human tracks.
Someone was tryin' to cover them. [ Pirate ] Right over there.
Why bother? Unless the gold was on the prison ship like you said.
Over here! Tracks! I see tracks!
Here! This way!
There are only two sets of tracks.
The gold is either at the bottom of the ocean, or those two buried it.
What if they don't want to tell us?
Then we will just have to persuade them.
[ Men Shouting, Indistinct ] [ Chortling ]
[ Laughter Echoes ]
[ Grunts, Gasps ]
[ Bird Trilling, Animals Hooting ]
[ Growls ]
- Your camouflage needs a little work. - Doesn't matter.
You're still a dead man. [ Both Grunting ]
[ Groaning ]
[ Yelps ]
You're good, Hercules, even with one arm. But are you good enough?
[ Yelps, Grunts ]
Here. Let me help.
[ Yelping ]
[ Screaming ] Oh, no!
That's a dried-up well you're in. You'd better start digging.
We'd find water a lot quicker if you were down here helpin' me.
True. Very true. But I need my wrist.
[ Grunts ]
Big eggs.
Looks like we're not alone.
[ Grunting ]
[ Flies Buzzing ]
- Have a nice nap? -[ Blow Lands ]
[ Prisoner Panting ]
Look. The only way we're gonna get off this island is if we work together.
Oh, yeah. Now you wanna work together.
Just keep digging. I could dig a lot faster if my arms were untied.
Yeah. I suppose you could.
What if I promise not to escape?
I remember the last time I gave you a break.
Besides,
I like knowing where you are. [ Grunts ]
Your arm swelling?
It's probably infected. You could use my help fixing it.
[ Gasping ]
I can handle it myself.
[ Sizzling ] [ Grunting ]
Should we bury him?
Why waste the effort?
You two-- go on ahead. Split up if you have to, but find water.
- [ Grunts Affirmatively ] - You-- back to the ship. Bring water.
- Yes, sir. - I doubt if these two have found water either.
They must be getting weaker. Let us hope they do not die...
before they tell us where they hid the gold.
[ Chuckling ] I should've become a farmer like my father.
And why didn't you?
I didn't have his touch for the soil. [ Chuckles ]
That's too bad. You wouldn't be here now.
I guess it's like every son.
You either wanna be just like your father or just the opposite.
[ Grunts ] So you became a killer?
No. Not at first.
Soldiering was just the thing to get me the furthest away from that farm.
So you hated your father that much?
No. I-- I loved him.
I just wanted to go on my own.
Water. Water. I found water! I hit water!
[ Gasps ]
- [ Groans, Spits ] - [ Sighs ]
- Salt. - Oh, sh--
I've been all over the east side of this island,
and there's no safe water to be found.
Then we'll have to head west.
[ Low Rumbling ]
[ Chittering, Screeching ]
I know he didn't get up there without legs.
No.
My guess is he left them with whomever was chasing him.
We've been on this island for two days. I haven't seen anything big enough to do that.
Sometimes...
it's what you can't see that can hurt you the most.
Remember those strange-looking pods we saw in the well?
Yeah. What about 'em?
I think they were egg sacs.
Wow. They were huge.
I know.
[ Sighs ]
[ Prisoner ] Well, oh great monster killer,
what are our choices?
There's no water, no choices.
We keep heading west.
[ Growls ] Sordis.
- No gold buried down here. - [ Growls ]
[ Pirate ] Pull 'im up.
They could not have carried it this far.
If it survived the storm, it's back where they landed.
Don't worry. We'll get them to tell us.
That saltwater couldn't have done them any good.
You think we're gaining on 'em?
They're dragging their feet.
They have to be on their last legs.
[ Growls ]
How's that arm?
You shut up and keep moving. [ Chuckles ]
[ Groans ]
[ Both Yelling ]
[ Yells Echo ]
-[ Creature Growling ] - Get up!
You fool.
You should be saving your strength.
[ Creature Growling ]
- [ Screaming ] - [ Grunting ]
- [ Creature Chittering ] - [ Men Yelling ]
Oh, what was that? [ Grunts ]
I have no idea.
[ Screeching ]
- [ Hercules Grunting ] - [ Creature Chittering ]
[ Growling ]
[ Panting ]
[ Rumbling ] [ Both Gasp ]
Over here!
Where'd it go?
[ Whispering ] Derk. The shell.
[ Creature Growling ]
No! [ Creature Screeches ]
[ Creature Burps ]
I guess he doesn't care much for shells.
Yeah. Or burrowing through stone.
You're pretty good at that. Must have had some practice.
When you're a soldier, you learn.
Tell me something.
Why do you keep savin' me?
The reward's the same whether my head's in a bag or not.
I told you before: I'm not interested in the money.
What then?
Justice? [ Cackles ]
You can't really believe that I'll get justice.
You should've thought of that before you killed Lycus.
I doubt Lycus gave it a thought when he killed the sons of the woman that hired me.
I've known Lycus a long time.
I've never known him to kill anyone.
When was the last time you saw Lycus?
There's a family in Attica without any male heirs because of him.
All I know is that the courts decide guilt and punishment,
not mercenaries.
Well, the courts didn't punish Lycus, so I did.
And how do I know you've been telling the truth? 'Cause I'm not a liar.
No. You just kill people.
Derk-- Derk, this isn't the time for this.
Why? I'll give you three reasons.
[ Low Rumbling ]
[ Derk ] We're going to be here until we rot.
- Have you always been so optimistic? - No. I'm just-- I'm tired.
I'm tired of being chased. I'm tired of running. I'm... just tired.
If you don't bring me back, they'll just send somebody who will.
You should've considered that before becoming a killer for hire.
Well, the army doesn't train you for peacetime work.
[ Chuckles Softly ]
Look. If we get out of this, I wanna make a deal.
It's no deals. Before you take me back, I wanna see my family again.
Seems strange for a family man to be in your kind of business.
It put food on the table, all right?
You give me your word that I can see my family once more,
I promise I won't try to run away anymore.
My word is good.
Deal.
- But I want something from you first. - All right. Name it.
You're right about my arm. It's getting worse,
and I-- I need some help.
Well, I've... set a few limbs,
and I've cut a few limbs off... when necessary.
This is for you.
To bite on.
[ Groans ]
You ready?
Ooh!
[ Bone Snaps ] [ Agonized Yell ]
I didn't do anything other than kill somebody who had killed someone else.
Revenge never evens out. It just perpetuates itself.
[ Rock Lands ] [ Creature Roars ]
[ Rock Whistles Overhead ]
You ever think about the families of the men you kill?
No. What's the point? It'd only make the work harder. [ Rock Lands ]
[ Creature Snorts ] Maybe you should start.
[ Creature Growls ] [ Rock Whistles Overhead ]
I can smell them. Come on!
[ Pirate Growls ]
[ Creature Growling ]
Throw another one. What?
Throw another rock. [ Rock Whistles Overhead ]
Maybe they've gone. Maybe-- Shh.
-[ Pirates Screaming ] -[ Hercules ] Listen.
[ Screaming Continues ] [ Creature Growling ]
They found somebody else. Come on.
Shouldn't we be going that way? No. They may need our help.
Wait. [ Grunts ]
Maybe they have water.
-[ Screaming Continues ] - [ Creatures Growling ]
[ Man Shrieking ]
[ Screams ]
- [ Hercules ] Stop! Stop! - [ Screaming ]
Help me!
Get it off! Help!
Get it off!
- [ Creature Continues Growling ] -[ Screaming Continues ]
[ Screeching ]
Quiet. Don't move. [ Muffled Gasping ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Cackling ]
[ Screeches ]
Don't do anything. [ Gasping ]
[ Man Screeching Hysterically ]
[ Creature Growling ] [ Screaming ]
[ Muffled Gasp ]
[ Screaming ]
- [ Gasping ] - Stay. Stop.
- Stop. - [ Continues Gasping ]
[ Distant Growling, Rumbling ]
[ Growling, Rumbling Grow Louder ]
[ Screams ]
-[ Rumbling ] -[ Hercules ] Head for those pillars.
Come on! Hurry!
- Come on! Faster! - [ Chittering ]
[ Creature Screeching ]
Hey. You have enough energy to do a flip?
Yeah. If my life depended on it.
It does.
- Get down the middle here. - What?
Just get down.
I'll tell you when to jump.
[ Growling ]
- Now! - [ Grunts ]
Thanks. -[ Creature Squealing ]
There are still two left. You got any ideas? Just one.
It doesn't require leaping, does it?
[ Chuckles ] [ Groans ] Ohh.
Remember: Run fast.
Go!
[ Creature Growling ]
Now!
- [ Creature Squealing ] - [ Creature Chittering ]
[ Creatures Growling ]
[ Sighs ] Let's get outta here.
Yeah. Water's west.
Those men didn't drop out of the sky.
Their ship and their water is east.
Let's go.
[ Both Chuckle ]
-Let 'em roll! You owe me ten dinars! - [ Both Chuckle ]
Hey. I need your boat.
[ Yells ] [ Grunts ]
[ Bones Crack ] [ Grunts ]
I'm surprised you didn't kill 'im.
Well, I guess you're rubbing off on me.
Let's go see your family.
Thank you. You're welcome.
[ Knocking ] [ Woman ] Who's there?
Daddy! It's not our daddy.
[ Girl ] Then who are you? I'm Hercules.
[ Kids Giggling ] You don't mind putting them to bed?
Ohh, not at all. Thank you.
Where are you going, Mom? Oh, I won't be long.
You just listen to Hercules.
My dad used to tell us stories before we went to bed. Can you?
I, uh-- I'm a little out of practice, but I'll see what I can do.
[ Derk Chuckles ] Derk!
I was so afraid I'd never see you again.
Then you're going back with him?
I have to. I gave my word.
Maybe Marcus can do something. He's the new magistrate in Sparta.
He was more concerned with his career than my life.
But that's so unfair. I know.
There's a lot of things I've done that I haven't told you about...
that I'm ashamed of.
I'm s--
I'll wake the children so you can say good-bye. No.
- Promise me you won't tell 'em I'm here. - But why?
If they love me like I love them,
they might end up like me, and I want a better life for them than that.
- But, Derk, you can't just-- - Promise me.
If they need someone to look up to, let it be my father.
- Or Hercules. - I promise.
But you should see them. We just won't wake them.
We'd better go.
[ Bell Tolling ] [ Chattering ]
Execute him. Next.
No. Please. Have mercy!
I was only trying to feed my family!
Derkus Petronicus.
- His crime? -[ Aide ] Assassination of a public official.
- [ Gavel Bangs ] - Execute him. Next.
Hold on here. Doesn't he get a trial?
He was tried-- in absentia-- and found guilty.
I meant a fair trial. What about counsel?
This is Spartan law.
You do believe in the law, don't you?
I believe in justice. Hmm.
Justice. [ Snickers ]
Wait a minute! Save your breath.
The Spartans have their own kind of justice.
But it's not right.
Neither is what I did.
[ Chattering ]
Get on with it!
[ Soldiers Gasping ] [ Soldier ] Look! Above!
[ Soldier ] Guards! Guards! Stop him! He's getting away!
-After him, you fools! - [ Soldier Grunting ]
[ Soldier ] Come on! There he is!
[ Soldier #2 ] Over there!
[ Indistinct Shouting ]
[ Gasping, Grunting ]
[ Panting ]
[ Groans ] Don't you ever give up?
I suppose you've come to take me back again.
That was my arrow. Why?
What was happening to you--
It wasn't justice.
Thank you. It's not that easy.
You go back to your family.
You be a farmer, a fisherman,
but you put your mercenary days behind you.
It's done. Give you my word.
Good. [ Distant Shouting ]
You'd better get going. It won't be long before they pick up your trail.
Hercules,
you're always welcome in my home.
[ Shouting Continues ]